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Pandora CEO Explains Why Free Music Is Killing the Industry

December 7, 2015

...from a recent op-ed by Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews on Business Insider: "Internet radio is sampling and discovery; on-demand is the modern equivalent of ownership. Only that’s where the analogy break... Read More...

Pandora Desperately Trying to Secure $300 Million in Debt

Paul Resnikoff

December 2, 2015

Pandora, a company incinerating cash at seemingly-impossible levels, is now stretching its finances even further. According to details first emerging on Wednesday, the billion-burning Pandora is ... Read More...

Pandora Is Choking Its Listeners to Death With Ads

Paul Resnikoff

November 23, 2015

First, Pandora shocked Wall Street with an astounding $86.9 million in quarterly losses, the beginning of a total tailspin in shares. Then, Pandora announced a $450 million acquisition of Ticketfly, follow... Read More...

Pandora Burns $2.5 Million to Keep Rdio on Life-Support

Paul Resnikoff

November 18, 2015

The question is when all of this goes 'kaboooom!' Pandora (P) shares are down nearly 40% in the last month alone, with Wall Street wondering WTF is going on with a near-$600 million acquisition spree th... Read More...

Pandora Has Lost 1.3 Million Listeners Since Apple Music’s Launch

Paul Resnikoff

October 25, 2015

Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe said he wasn't quite sure how radio fits into the broader Apple Music strategy. Perhaps Apple executives can think of 1.3 million reasons why this is a perfect fit. Enter Pandora, w... Read More...

Pandora Shares Collapse 36% In Friday Trading…

Paul Resnikoff

October 23, 2015

The sell-off follows an abysmal financial disclosure on Thursday by Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews, one that includes losses of $85.9 million in the past three months alone. It also follows an extremely quest... Read More...

Pandora Preparing to Pay $90 Million for Pre-1972 Recordings

Paul Resnikoff

October 14, 2015

That's according to the New York Post, which is now reporting that Pandora has agreed to settle over the contentious issue of pre-1972 recordings. Specifically, the legal question has been whethe... Read More...

Pandora Has $450 Million to Buy a Ticketing Company, But Only $5,600 to Pay a Top Songwriter

Paul Resnikoff

October 8, 2015

Pandora Is the Top Earning iOS App, But Still Can’t Make Any Money

Nina Ulloa

September 2, 2015

Here are the top iOS apps, based on all time worldwide revenue. Pandora is number one. But somehow Pandora still manages to lose massive amounts of money. In fact, they lost $16.1 million just in the first... Read More...

Pandora’s Summer Surge Starts Melting on Wall Street; ‘Buy’ Ratings Prevail

Paul Resnikoff

August 24, 2015

Pandora (P) is now witnessing a modest summer run-up go poof, thanks to a broader Wall Street meltdown that has music and entertainment stocks under pressure. In Monday trading, shares of Pandora slipped a... Read More...

Pandora Only Lost $16.1 Million Last Quarter!

Nina Ulloa

July 23, 2015

Pandora made $285.6 million in revenue in the second quarter of the year. Advertising revenue accounted for $230.9 million of that total. Sounds great, right? WRONG. When all's said and done, Pandora had ... Read More...

Next Big Sound Is Now Owned by Pandora

Nina Ulloa

May 19, 2015

Pandora has been busy in court attempting to fight off higher royalty rates. Meanwhile, they've had their eye on more than just small radio stations... Pandora has purchased music analytics service Next Bi... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Pandora CEO Explains Why Free Music Is Killing the Industry

Pandora Desperately Trying to Secure $300 Million in Debt

Pandora Is Choking Its Listeners to Death With Ads

Pandora Burns $2.5 Million to Keep Rdio on Life-Support

Pandora Has Lost 1.3 Million Listeners Since Apple Music’s Launch

Pandora Shares Collapse 36% In Friday Trading…

Pandora Preparing to Pay $90 Million for Pre-1972 Recordings

Pandora Has $450 Million to Buy a Ticketing Company, But Only $5,600 to Pay a Top Songwriter

Pandora Is the Top Earning iOS App, But Still Can’t Make Any Money

Pandora’s Summer Surge Starts Melting on Wall Street; ‘Buy’ Ratings Prevail

Pandora Only Lost $16.1 Million Last Quarter!

Next Big Sound Is Now Owned by Pandora